Xiao Qiao enters the farm gate

Why did Li Shuilian come here?The shop hasn't opened yet.

Qiao Mo felt that something was wrong, and had a bad premonition in his heart. After Shopkeeper Xiao left, he asked Li Xi to investigate around.If it was true as guessed, and Li Shuilian showed up in public, who is the owner behind the shop will definitely not be a secret anymore.

Not long after, Li Xi came back with a bad expression: "Shopkeeper, I found out, the owner of that shop is Li Shuilian."

"It's really him?" Qiao Mo placed Realization in that shop again.

Although this street is not the most prosperous Changqing Avenue in the county, it is very close to Changqing Avenue. The road is also spacious and flat, with many shops and pedestrians, so it costs a lot to open a shop on this street.There are two shops in total, just like Qiao Mo's, with a backyard, but the opposite house has two floors.

Qiao Mo's shop cost 260 taels of silver in the first place. Although the shop opposite only added a floor, the price may have to be added by 200 taels.Four to five hundred silver is not a small amount, even if it is Ma He, can he give it to Li Shuilian so generously?

Judging from some contacts with Li Shuilian, people do have a little cleverness, but they are not shrewd.If she was shrewd, she would have married into the Ma family by now.So... Maybe it's just Ma He's tricks, the shop is still owned by him, and Li Shuilian is just a bright shopkeeper.

He didn't care about Li Shuilian, but the Ma family couldn't ignore it. Was Ma Shangcai related to Ma He's fight with him?Is it just the enmity between him and the Lin family, or is it related to Fang Jinnian?

In any case, if it's just normal market competition, I'm not afraid, but I'm afraid that the Ma family will use some shady means, and it will be impossible to guard against.Uncle Qi Yun is a high-ranking and powerful person. It is a powerful talisman to disclose the relationship, but the emperor is far away. If someone in the Ma family is not reconciled, the gaffe will be even more serious.After all, no matter how high Qi Yun's official position is, there are still several political enemies in the court.It would be better to bring Fang Jinnian to deal with it. The Ma family's defenses are relatively small, and the impact will not be too large.

After making up his mind, he called Liu Shi and told him to go directly to Fang Jinnian's house in the county to find Guanfeng.

Qiao Mo thought about it, Ma He handed over the shop to Li Shuilian to take care of it, definitely not just to deceive people, I am afraid it is for other small calculations.As for Li Shuilian's temperament, I'm afraid there will be troubles in the future, and it's hard to guarantee that it's not Ma He's goal.

Qiao Mo called He Yun and asked him to go out and inquire about the Ma family, especially about Ma Shangcai and Ma He.Now it's unavoidable, and he has a backer, not wanting to cause trouble doesn't mean he's afraid of trouble, planning in advance, if the Ma family really uses some despicable means, then he won't be relentless.

Just as He Yun left, a man came outside the shop, dressed as a postman and carrying a paper bag.

Qiao Mo was surprised at first, then thought of something, and before the other party opened his mouth to ask, he said, "But there is a letter from me?"

The postman saw his attitude very respectful: "But Mr. Qiao Moqiao?"

"I'm Qiao Mo." When Qiao Mo heard that this person spoke with a capital accent, his guess was almost confirmed.

"I've seen Mr. Qiao, here is a letter from the capital." The postman took out a letter from his paper bag, held it in both hands and handed it over.

Qiao Mo took it and couldn't wait to open the letter to read it.

Zhang Xia was used to doing things in the official's house, so he prepared a tael of silver and gave it to the postman who delivered the letter, saying that it was hard work.

The postman refused twice before accepting it, then turned and left.The reason why the postman was so polite was because the housekeeper of the Qi family in the capital personally delivered the letter to the post station.Not to mention having the money, even if there is no money, who would dare to delay the letter that the Qi family wanted to deliver?

Qiao Mo read the letter carefully, and gradually calmed down.

This is Lin Zhengbao's letter to report his safety. He has already arrived in the capital and has seen the members of Qi's family. He is expected to leave Beijing in mid-September.This letter was not long. Firstly, Lin Zheng was not very literate, and secondly, it was inconvenient to write many inside stories on paper.Qiao Mo wasn't that curious either, but it was good to know he was safe.

Seeing that he folded the letter, Zhang Xia replied: "My lord, the postman came from the capital just now, and he must be the one who will deliver the letters in the future, so I decided to send a tael of silver."

"Yeah." Qiao Mo nodded to show that he understood.

Zhang Xia has been with him all the time, and often has to ask him to go shopping. For convenience, he gave him some silver taels in advance to make an account and calculate at the end of the month.A tael of silver is really not a small amount of money for the peasant family, but considering that it is not easy for the postman to travel all the way from the capital, not to mention there will be letters in the future, it is always good to use money to collect one or two.

In the next few days, Qiao Mo didn't go to the city, and stayed at home to catch the goods.

Originally, it was very easy to supply the goods in the shop, but after there were more orders from the restaurant, it had to be harder.First, I made candy for a few days at a stretch, not to mention the courtyard house, even Li Amama’s house, which is a little farther away, can smell the attractive fragrance of candy every day, and the children in the village also wander outside their yard regardless of the day and night play.

Sometimes Qiao Mo saw it by accident, and he couldn't bear it. He wanted to give some candies, but he was afraid that something would happen.

Seeing that every household started to prepare for the busy farming season, Qiao Mo thought of an idea.His family grows two acres of sweet potatoes. When the time comes, these children will be asked to pick up sweet potatoes and give them candy for wages.These children are all under ten years old, and those who are ten years old and above have to work in the fields with the family, which is considered half of the labor. If these children earn a few candies for themselves, the family should not object.After all, in the county town, his candies are not cheap.

At the end of August, Qiao Mo went to the county seat. Today is the day for the two newly recruited trainees ahead of schedule.

Qiao Mo has already prepared a sufficient amount of inventory. Several kinds of candies add up to hundreds of catties. Fruit candy has the largest inventory. Except for a part stored in the small warehouse behind the shop, the rest are in the space.In addition, there are three or four hundred small cakes. Some of these small cakes are filled with raisins, red dates and walnuts, and some are covered with cream.

The cream is made of egg whites and sugar. This cannot be stored for a long time, otherwise the cream will turn back into egg whites again, but there is no problem in storing it in the space.

In addition, there are many fruits in autumn, so he has stored a lot of fruits in winter and spring.Of course, in order to deceive people, the fruit is first placed in the innermost part of the cellar, and then transferred to the space.Anyway, those fruits were not open, but packed in big bamboo baskets covered with straw, even if Zhang Xia and the others usually went to the cellar to fetch things, they wouldn't find them.At present, there are mostly watermelons, peaches, hawthorns, oranges, etc. in the space, and he asked Zhang Xia to buy more other things in the county, so that he can make more candies with other flavors.

It was already late when Qiao Mo arrived in the county seat, Qian Xiao and Shen Feng had already arrived, and they had already followed Li Liang for a few internships.

Seeing Shen Feng appearing, Qiao Mo was in a slightly better mood. He didn't run away, so he must have believed in the wrong person back then.

Qiao Mo looked aside for a while, Qian Xiao is a clever ghost, probably because he grew up in the county town, he is smarter than Li Xi, and he can tell jokes, coaxing many people to buy a lot of things, even if he doesn't Buying things are willing to come in and listen to him talk.Shen Feng is a bit more compliant, but he also has unique skills when it comes to shopping.This person is literate, can calculate accounts, and has a good memory. Whenever a customer comes, no matter how many things he bought, he can accurately tell the price without dialing the abacus, and suggest that it is more cost-effective to add something to the customer, because the store There are discounts for consumption up to a certain amount, and there are corresponding gifts for the corresponding amount.Not only can Shen Feng sell things, but he can also boast about those woven products, which tempts many people to buy things for gifts.

Li Liang and Li Xi were originally teachers, but seeing how capable the two were, they immediately felt pressure.

When Li Xi saw Qiao Mo behind the curtain of the inner door, he and Li Liang knew each other, and trotted over: "The shopkeeper is here."

"How about the two of them?" Qiao Mo joked with a smile on purpose.

Li Xi smiled wryly, but still nodded in affirmation: "The person the shopkeeper is looking for is different. That Qian Xiao looks clever, but that Shen Feng, who looks like a frail scholar, is so powerful. It's only been a long time Before long, we sold a lot of things in our shop, even the corn biscuits and glutinous rice sticks, which have always been sold poorly.” After saying this, Li Xi said again: “Two days ago, someone came to The person who was looking for the shopkeeper in the shop said that his surname was Song, and when he found out that the shopkeeper was not there, he said he would come back next time."

The surname is Song, only Song Han.

Said Cao Cao, Cao Cao.

At this time, a person came in outside the store, not Song Han, but A Le, Song Han's personal servant.Ah Le's eyes were sharp, and he saw Qiao Mo as soon as he came in, and rushed up to greet him.

"Hello, shopkeeper Qiao. I wonder if shopkeeper Qiao is free? My young master wants to invite shopkeeper Qiao to appreciate the chrysanthemums at his house."

Scholars are different, and they invite people so elegantly. In fact, what Song Han asked him to talk about was business.

Qiao Mo muttered a few words in his heart, and said: "I can't do it right now, I just came here and I have something to do."

"Then..." A Le obviously had a heavy responsibility on his shoulders, he hesitated to leave, and only looked at Qiao Mo expectantly.

Qiao Mo felt uncomfortable being looked at, but luckily Ah Le was only in his teens and was pretty and cute, otherwise he wouldn't have been able to look directly at him.Counting Song Han's coming back, it has indeed been some time. Since the other party has specially invited him several times, let's go there, and see what the Song family, which has been a scholar for generations, looks like.

"Business is good. Where's your shopkeeper? We're here specially to deliver wedding invitations."

Suddenly there was an unpleasant voice in the shop, following the sound, it was indeed an annoying person.

The person who came was Li Shuilian, who was full of style, afraid that others would not know that he was rich.It was the servant next to him who spoke, who looked docile, but spoke with arrogance and harshness.

The three of Li Liang didn't have the slightest liking for Li Shuilian, who was from the same family in the same village, not to mention they were fighting against them in the ring, and now they came to the door openly, it was disgusting.For a moment, the faces of the three of them were very ugly. If they hadn't been so scrupled that they were in the county seat and the Ma family was very powerful, Li Xi would have scolded him for being so serious.

Li Xi and the others had concerns, but Shen Feng didn't.